Carol Gillgren talks while working on knitting in her room Tuesday at Sunny Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center. Gillgren is a recipient of the Share the Spirit program this year.

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A bout with colitis, an inflammation of the large intestines and/or colon, had put Gillgren, 72, in Sunny Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, but she was hoping that Nov. 16 would be the day she could go home.

It was on her birthday, Nov. 13, that she found out she would not be leaving as soon as she had hoped. ...